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Uproar in Zimbabwe : Just for Once, Corruption’s a Real Scandal
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe — As with so many good scandals, the one called “Willowgate” began unraveling with a misdirected letter.
The letter and an enclosed check landed on the desk of a businessman here named Obert Mpofu. Mpofu was mystified as to why he would be entitled to a $1, rebate from the Zimbabwean government’s Willowvale auto assembly plant for a car he had not ordered and would not be entitled to buy for many years.
Then he noticed that both items were actually meant for one A. Mpofu. This man turned out to be an employee of a leading Bulawayo businessman, who turned out to be up to his ears in shady deals with a number of Zimbabwean politicians.
In time, these documents came to the notice of the Bulawayo Chronicle newspaper, which one day last October, under a huge headline screaming, “CARS RACKET,” proceeded to make African history.
No Parallel in Region
What followed was a public inquiry into official corruption that has no parallel in sub-Saharan Africa, and little enough anywhere else in the world. In countries from Kenya to Zaire, such corruption is institutionalized, explained away or kept safely out of the media.
Thus, in a region where few investigate official malfeasance lest they
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Zanu PF businessmen Microphone Chimombe, Mpofu locked up over botched Statesmanlike Goat Programme
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Welshman Ncube
Zimbabwean politician, lawyer and businessman (born )
Welshman Ncube (born 7 July ) is a Zimbabwean lawyer, businessman and politician. He is the founding MDC leader and former President of Zimbabwean political party Movement for Democratic Change – Ncube. He currently serves within the Citizen Coalition for Change (CCC). He is a practicing lawyer in the firm Mathonsi Ncube Law Chambers,[1] where he is the senior partner at their Bulawayo offices. He also runs a number of business ventures, including a farm in the Midlands Province.
Background
[edit]Ncube served as a member of the House of Assembly of Zimbabwe for 13 years, from to , and held the position of Minister for Industry and Commerce from to During his tenure, he was known for his efforts to revitalize Zimbabwe's industrial sector and promote economic development in the country.
An academic and civil rights lecturer at the University of Zimbabwe Faculty of Law—his alma mater—Ncube gained prominence in when he was appointed as a professor at the age of His work in academia and advocacy positioned him as a key figure in Zimbabwean politics. He was one of the founding members of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), playing an influential role in shaping the party's policies and